Subject Index to Literature on Electronic
              Sources of Information
                ©Marian Dworaczek


    INTRODUCTION

    The Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information and the accompanying Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography deal with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. This edition includes 2, 527 titles.  Both the Index and the Bibliography are continuously updated.
    Please Note:  The Index and the Bibliography do not have a search engine at this time, hovewer all pages are word searchable by using the CTRL+F function.
    See also:  Dworaczek, Marian.  "Creating a Web Index: A Never-ending Task."  Library Computing 19, 1/2 (2000): 42-51.
              Samples of entries:
    1. Monographs:
    [McClure (b)] McClure, Charles R., William E. Moen and Joe Ryan. Libraries and the Internet/NREN: Perspectives, Issues, and Challenges. Westport, CT: Mecklermedia, 1994. xiv, 516 pp. ISBN 0-88736-824-7.
     

    2. Edited works:
    [-] Helal, Ahmed H. and Joachim W. Weiss, eds. Electronic Documents and Information: From Preservation to Access: 18th International Essen Symposium, 23 October-26 October 1995. Essen: Universitätsbibliothek Essen, 1996. 217 pp. ISBN 3-922602-21-5. ISSN 0931-7503. [Publications of the Essen Library, 20]. [Appropriate chapters are listed separately].
    This entry in the Bibliography indicates that the selected chapters are listed in the bibliography and indexed individually in the index, under separate entries.
     

    3. Electronic texts:
    [Arms (c)] Arms, William Y. "Key Concepts in the Architecture of the Digital Library." D-Lib Magazine (July 1995). E-text, 6 pp. URL: <http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/home/dlib/July95/07arms.html> (Retrieved December 5, 1996).  [URL inactive, January 15, 2000; alternative E-text available at: URL: <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/July95/07arms.html>].

    These entries are linked to electronic texts. Date indicates when the item was retrieved.
     

    4. Printed and electronic versions available:
    [Amiran (b)] Amiran, Eyal and John Unsworth. "Postmodern Culture: Publishing in the Electronic Medium." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 2, 1 (1991): 55-62.

      Available also in electronic format by sending an e-mail message <GET AMIRAN PRV2N1 F=MAIL> to <LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.BITNET > or  <LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>.
      Published also as: Amiran, Eyal and John Unsworth. "Postmodern Culture: Publishing in the Electronic Medium." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 2, 1 (1991). E-text, 6 pp. URL: <http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v2/n1/amiran.2n1> (December 23, 1996).
    The indexed version is listed first.
     

    5. Index entries:
    ACSnet

      Arms (a), 17
    Arms (a), 17 refers to page 17 in the entry in the Bibliography:

    [Arms (a)] Arms, Caroline R. "A New Information Infrastructure." Online 14, 5 (September 1990): 15-22.

                Sample search:
    Object:  Trying to identify materials dealing with the issue of Censorship on the Internet.
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          Subject Index to Literature on Electronic
            Sources of Information
                ©Marian Dworaczek
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    Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information /  ©Marian Dworaczek

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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    C-Span [electronic site]
      [URL: <http://www.c-span.org/>]
      Adam, 399; McKinney, 395;
      [etc. etc.]
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    Step 3: Move down on this page and locate subject heading Censorship on the Internet. You will see the following listing:
    Censorship on the Internet
      Adam, 400; Banks, 50+; Dewey, LC16; Doty (a), 32; Floridi, 511; Kaufman (a), 14; McMurdo (a), 82; Nisonger, 211; Oppenheim (a),73+; Poulter, 139; Wallace, 209+; Walter, 590; Young (b), 49-50;
      see also Censorware; Child abuse; Communications Decency Act; CyberPatrol; Cyberporn; Cyberstalking; Filtering Facts; Filt4lib; Filtering systems/Filtering software; InterGo; Internet Filtering Software Vendor Survey; IP filtering; MhonArc; Net Nanny; NetShepherd; Obscenity on the Internet; Pornography on the Internet; SafeSurf; Sexual harassment on the Internet; SIFT; Specs for Kids; SurfWatch; Trolling on the Net;
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    Step 4: The individual references to the subject of your search (Censorship on the Internet) are listed under author's name and a page number, e.g. Adam, 400 refers to page 400 of the paper written by Adam. To see full citations, move to the top of page 3 and click on the underlined text:
      For a complete list of titles indexed here see Electronic Sources of Information: A Bibliography.

      You will access the following site:

    ELECTRONIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY

    ©Marian Dworaczek

    Use in conjunction with the Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information

    INTRODUCTION  [How to use the Subject Index and the Bibliography]

    [Abels] Abels, Eileen G. "The E-mail Reference Interview." RQ 35, 3 (Spring 1996): 345-358.

    [Adalian] Adalian, Paul T., Jr., Irene M. Hoffman, Ilene F. Rockman and Judy Swanson. "The Student-Centered Electronic Teaching Library: A New Model for Learning."  Reference Services Review 25, 3/4 (Fall/Winter 1997): 11-22.

    [Adam] Adam, Anthony J. "Internet Resources for Film and Television."  College & Research Libraries News 56, 6 (June 1995): 397-400.    [...]

    Locate authors listed by last name under the subject heading Censorship on the Internet in the Bibliography: e.g. Adam, 400:

      [Adam] Adam, Anthony J. "Internet Resources for Film and Television." College & Research Libraries News 56, 6 (June 1995): 397-400.
    or Young (b), 49-50:
      [Young, (b)] Young, Sherry.  "Sexually-Explicit Materials Via the Internet: Ethical Concerns for the Library Profession." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 23, 1 (January 1997): 49-50.
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